Motto: “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Vol. IV
Winston-Salem, N. C., October 20, 1923
Published Weekly by the Student Body of Salem College.
No. 6
Wednesday Morning
Chapel Interesting
Dr. Ashley Chapell Addresses Student
Body on Subject “The Spider and
the Fly.”
At the regular Wednesday morning
chapel service, October 17, Dr. Ash
ley Chappel of Asheville, N. C., lec
tured on the subject “The Spider and
the Fly.” Beginning his remarks
with the statement that every human
being possesses a duel personality, he
went into a discussion of what the^e
personalities are and how one or the
other may ultimately triumph in the
run of things. The spider nature is
content with the commonplace, seek
ing the line of least resistance, ex
pressing itself in vile thoughts and
low passions that pull at the soul with
red hot fingers. This side of a nature
is represented by Mr. Hyde, a loath
some creature who goes forth with
evil in his eye and a shadow in his
heart, watching in the night and lurk
ing in the shades for his victim. He
is dead to love and all the better
motives that govern human life and
conduct.
Opposed to Mr. Hyde is Dr. Jekyll,
typifying the better nature, a nature
of high ideals, a nature that sees
a question of “to be or not to be” but
“to be and how to be” so that one
may be fit to live in the world that
Y. W. C. A. Gives
Birthday Party
Prizes Awarded to Most Attractive.
All the girls of Salem College who
are fortunate enough to have birthdays
in June, July, August and September
were guests at a charming and de
lightful Baby Party given by the
Y. W. C. A. on Monday afternoon
About fifty children in their party
frocks and suits came at five o’clock
to the recreation room. Socks, ribbons
and curls, characteristics of childhood
days, were in evidence. Games dear
to the hearts of all children were
played. Master “Buster” Raper re
ceived the prize in the tug of war con
test. Little Miss Polly Taylor was
considered the prettiest baby at thfe
party and the prize for the cutest baby
was awarded to little Miss Rosa Cald
well. The Lampkin twins, with their
old colored mammy, were given first
place as the most original. It was in
deed a difficult task to determine to
whom to give the prizes, as all the
little people were so attractive and
pretty. After the games delicious re
freshments were served to the chil
dren and other guests.
A series of these birthday parties
has been planned by Miss Elizabeth
Roop, chairman of the social depart
ment of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet. This
is the first year that these parties
The Sophomores
Entertain Freshmen
was fashioned for the habitation oi have been given at Salem, and judg-
men. “Hamlet”, stated Dr. Chappell, ing by the first, they are sure to be a
“was a coward. He saw visions but he success,
lived beneath them and so they faded.
The spider in his life took predomi
nance over the butterfly.”
There is continual strife between
these two forces and the problem of
life is to bring them into a limit, to
make them agree in heart and soul,
so that glorious harmony of one’s self
results, and that there are even steps
across the pages of human history.
To turn the spider on the butterfly is
to sting to death the better self, to
turn back on all sublime and stately
vision, and to live a “life in death",
so aptly described by Kipling in the
words,
“The fool was stripped to his foolish
hide,
And part of him lived and part of him
died.”
The secret of life is to keep an ala
baster soul as well as an alabaster
brow. All history is made through
blood and tears, and there are vacan
cies that ache for conquest in the fai
places.
World News
Davidson guests for last week were
Louise Latta, Hester Banks, Helen
Mitchell, Anna Long, Rose Hadley,
Inez Gold, Laura Tillett, Mary Oettin-
ger, Julia Staley, Dorothy Dorough
and Margaret Harris.
VESPER SERVICES SUNDAY
EVENING.
At Sunday vesper services Mr. R-
E. Gribbin, rector of the Episcopal
Church, made an address to the girls
of Salem College and Academy. He
spoke on the subject of excuses—why
we make them and how they affect us.
The principal reason that we are
driven to excuses is man’s old habit
of procrastination. We have not
written letters, prepared lessons, or
helped a friend for the simple reason
we put off our duty from hour to hour
and from day to day. But when has
the excuse written the letter, prepared
the lesson, or helped anyone? We
still persist in thinking that an excuse
is an explanation.
Another fruitful cause of excuses is
the weakness of will that yields fo
circumstances. We are likely to con
sider unfavorable circumstances as
sufficient justification for any negli
gence. Obstacles should be a chal
lenge to us; they should arouse a de
termination to surmount them.
Mr. Gribbin closed his address with
this summary of the effect of excuses
“A man who is good at making ex
cuses is usually not good at anything
else."
Circus Day Enjoyed.
Circus Day with the Freshmen as
chief actors was a gala occasion at
Salem College on the afternoon of
October 16. The class of ’26 is the
first to conceive this idea of welcom
ing and introducing the Freshmen and
at the same time furnishing an enter
tainment which both guests and hos
tesses enjoyed to the utmost.
At five o’clock Wednesday afternoon
a long procession of “Wild Western
ers”, organ grinders with their mon
keys, Spanish dancers, fat ladies,
strong men, animals, and all the fav
orites of the three-ring circus marched
across the campus and in a profes
sional manner entered the precincts
foiinerly knowTi as the upper campus,
but transformed by floating balloons,
gaily colored papers, and a huge ring
into the familiar circus grounds. The
procession, to the surprise of both
participants and spectators, was ren
dered even more realistic by a follow
ing of small, excited boys who, at
tracted by the unusual spectacle, and
oblivions of the fact that they were
uninvited, hurried to take possession
of the front row of seats.
Manager D. Dorough announced a
varied and interesting program in
which marvellous stunts w'ere given,
to the wonder and amazement of the
large audience. The actors showed
remarkable ability, and the animals
did credit to their trainers. The suc-
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FIRST PROGRAM OF “CERCLE
FRANCAISE”
To Be Given Thursday Night.
At the meeting of the French Club
held several weeks ago for the pur
pose of enlisting members and organ
izing for the year, it was decided that
the number of meetings per month
should be reduced to one and that such
a meeting should be held on the last
Thursday of the month. Accordingly
at six-thirty, next Thursday, in the
living room of Alice Clewell Building,
the first program will be given. The
The rivers overflowing
From recent heavy rains
Have flooded Oklalioma,
Through all her low, flat plains.
Poor Oklahoma is indeed having a
hard time. As soon as the Governor
Walton-Ku Klux Klan altercation
subsided, a flood inundated the low
country, causing houses to be deserted
by the hundreds. It is said to be the
worst flood in the history of the state.
The loss is estimated at a million
dollars, though no authentic reports of
loss of life have yet been turned in.
The North and South Canadian rivers,
the Cimmaron, the Washita, the North
Fork and the Red river have all over
flowed their beds and are spreading
destruction, relentlessly sweeping
away houses and bridges. At Canton,
three men w'ere found perched like the
dove from the ark in tree tops, and,
like that famous bird, they seem to
have decided that the rain was not
yet over, for their joy, when rescued,
was exceedingly great.
Oklahoma City sits and waits for
the wall of water from the North
Canadian, reported between four and
six feet higher than any before.
Needless to say, it is with anything
but pleasurable anticipation that the
advent of the flood is awaited. Many
are ready to go at short notice, leav
ing homes and possessions, but saving
their own lives. The suspense is
made worse by the interruption and
uncertainty of telephone, telegraph
and railroad communication. Tem
porary quarters for refugees have
been prepared, and Governor Walton
has ordered out as many of the Na
tional Guard as are necessary for the
relief of sufferers.
The little brown Philippine brothers
Are about to take up arms.
Though Washington denies it’s so—
Declares they’re false alarms.
The Americans living in the Philip
pine islands are much disturbed by
recent demonstration against Ameri
can rule in general and General Wood
topic is Current Events and every in particular. An uprising is feared
member is asked to bring with her
something of interest that has hap
pened recently in France. Miss Smith
will then give a short talk on some
subject of current interest. There will
be a social half-hour at the conclu
sion of the program and some inter
esting plans have been made for this
part of the hour. It is important that
this meeting be well attended by both
old and new members. Any student
or faculty member who has not yet
joined is also cordially invited to come
and sign up for membership.
by some, as evidenced by the amalga
mation of all secret societies, including
250,000 persons, more joining every
day. Among these organizations are
the Legionaries of Labor, the Dimas
Alang and the Katipiman societies,
whose revolutionary tendencies need
no expanding.
It is also reported that the police
force is getting out of land, though.
Washington persistently denies this.
It is known, however, that General
Rafael Crame has again and again
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